Rights group seeks global intervention over Pak siege

Quetta, Aug 2: A leading human rights organisation has criticised Pakistani authorities for the military siege and curfew in Noshki district of Pakistan’s Balochistan, terming it a “continuation of the state’s policy of collectively punishing the Baloch people”. It urged the international community to take notice of the situation in Balochistan, especially Noshki, and play an effective role in ending the state’s unchecked power and grave human rights violations. In a statement on Sunday, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) stated that the military siege, curfew, house raids, and enforced disappearances in Noshki over the past six months “rep…